The dream of the celt / Mario Vargas Llosa ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.
By: Vargas Llosa, Mario
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Contributor(s): Grossman, Edith.
Material type:
BookPublisher: London : Faber and Faber : 2012Description: 404p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780571275724.Uniform titles: Sueño del Celta. English. Subject(s): Casement, Roger, 1864-1916 -- Fiction | Casement, Roger, Sir, 1864-1916 -- Fiction | Historical fiction | Modern & contemporary fiction | HistoricalGenre/Form: Biographical fiction. | Historical. | Fiction in Translation.DDC classification: 863.64 VAR Summary: It is the summer of 1916 and Roger Casement awaits the hangman. Dublin lies in ruins after the disastrous Easter Rising led by his comrades of the Irish Volunteers. Now his petition for clemency is threatened by the leaking of his private diary and his secret life as a gay man.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Fiction | MTU Kerry North Campus Library Fiction | 863.64 VAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38888000858039 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In an epic and moving novel spanning three continents, one of the world's greatest writers re-imagines the life of Roger Casement, the most controversial hero of Irish nationalism.
It is the summer of 1916 and Roger Casement awaits the hangman. Dublin lies in ruins after the disastrous Easter Rising led by his comrades of the Irish Volunteers. Now his petition for clemency is threatened by the leaking of his private diary and his secret life as a gay man.
Translated from the Spanish.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Arequipa, Peru on March 28, 1936. He studied literature and law at the National University of San Marcos and received a Ph.D from the University of Madrid in 1959. He is a writer, politician, and journalist. His works vary in genre from literary criticism and journalism to comedies, murder mysteries, historical novels, and political thrillers. His books include The Time of the Hero, The Green House, Conversation in the Cathedral, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, The Feast of the Goat, and The War of the End of the World. He has received numerous awards including the Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Prize, the Premio Leopoldo Alas in 1959, the Premio Biblioteca Breve in 1962, the Premio Planeta in 1993, the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1994, the Jerusalem Prize in 1995, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010.(Bowker Author Biography)